Business . relations, on the east by her privatehopes, and on the west by her income; four solid wallsthat shut out very thoroughly the worlds light and move-ment. She can never go very far in any but mechanicalwork until she climbs out into wider horizons, and shewill remain at the worlds mercy until she opens her mindby an interest in what happens outside her circle ofacquaintance. In speaking of the satisfaction of a working life, I hadin mind something more than the work that means somuch time exchanged for so much money. Comparedwith the whole five million, those who are free to workwith
Business . relations, on the east by her privatehopes, and on the west by her income; four solid wallsthat shut out very thoroughly the worlds light and move-ment. She can never go very far in any but mechanicalwork until she climbs out into wider horizons, and shewill remain at the worlds mercy until she opens her mindby an interest in what happens outside her circle ofacquaintance. In speaking of the satisfaction of a working life, I hadin mind something more than the work that means somuch time exchanged for so much money. Comparedwith the whole five million, those who are free to workwith hearts and heads, as well as hands, are few; andyet the United States census for 1900 shows 7387 doctorsand surgeons, 1010 lawyers, 807 dentists, 1041 architectsand draughtswomen, 3373 clergywomen, 6857 actresses,3580 photographers, 2680 gardeners and florists, 15,632bookbinders, 84 civil engineers, 293 bankers and brokers,and 2193 journalists. Such lives have a background of Dmm 5 z za t > ?D> ?0. Women Who Work 91 purpose, of creative pursuit, as well as a foreground ofdaily detail, and so achieve a wholeness and a satisfactionmissed by those whose days slip past with no more vitalconnection than beads on a string. Those who have neverworked can not wholly understand that satisfaction. Itis not only the mental approval, but also the conscious-ness of achievement. An indirect effect as vivid as theglow from bodily exercise spreads over the tired faculties agreat contentedness; one is in harmony with the universallaw, which says, Produce! Create! Neither dis-couragement nor exhaustion can obliterate, for long ata time, the exhilaration of obeying that law. For those to whom professions are impracticable thereis the good game of business, — hard work and full ofresponsibility, like all good games, demanding a knowledgeof the rules and a sporting spirit, but thoroughly worthwhile when the alternative is stagnation. College gradu-ates, inevitably, used to teach; now they a
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